102年第1學期-0189 文討：生命歷程創寫 課程資訊

評分方式

評分項目	配分比例	說明
summary	20	1-page summary responses to published short stories in Best American Short Stories of the Century
exercises	20	2-page creative exercises
story	30	Longer story (10 pages)
oral report	10	1 oral report of 10 minutes on an unassigned story from Updike
attendance and class participation	20

教育目標

By the end of the course, students should have achieved the following objectives: 1. A strong comprehension of the works read in class, including themes, characters, settings and plot. 2. An understanding of the techniques, such as sensory detail, dialogue, scene, characterization, point of view, and plot that writers use to create a story 3. The ability to use narrative techniques in creative exercises and “find” a draft of their own short story. 4. The ability to critique, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of a draft of a story.

課程概述

In this discussion class, students will discover the stories that they want to write. We will read short stories by a wide variety of American writers, looking at the way these writers use literary techniques such as sensory detail, dialogue, plot, scene, and point of view. Students will write short exercises in which they practice these techniques, reading these pieces aloud in class. Then students will expand their exercises into a complete story, which the class will read and discuss with an eye to improving the story. The course will involve close reading of published stories, group discussion, short creative exercises both outside of class and in class, and one longer short story, 10 pages, which the entire class reads and discusses.

基本資料

選修課，學分數：3-0
上課時間：三/5,6,7[LAN001]
修課班級：外文系3,4
修課年級：年級以上
選課備註：畢業前須修兩門文討

參考書目

The Best American Short Stories of the Century, John Updike, editor; New American Roget’s College Thesaurus in Dictionary Form
Handouts on narrative techniques from instructor